Momma's Best No-Salt Chicken Soup:
Large Soup Pot, 6 quarts or more
Chicken; at least 3 or more pounds, any
inexpensive parts ie. wings, backs, skeleton.(note:
I accumulate chicken parts that my family isn't too
fond of, in my freezer.)
Water to cover chicken and fill to within one to
two inches from the top of the pot.
2 carrots, cleaned and sliced,
3 stalks celery, cleaned and sliced, include
tops with leaves.
1 handfull dill weed (fresh is best), washed and
chopped,
2 turnips, peeled and sliced,
2 parsnips, peeled and sliced,
1 handfull of fresh parsley, washed and chopped,
1 large yellow onion or 2 medium, peeled, halved
and sliced,
If you don't have the fresh veggies, you may
substitute frozen or dehydrated ones in an
emergency.
Wash chicken well, removing any excess visible fat,
put in pot. Fill pot with fresh water and set on
stove to come to a boil. Meanwhile prepare the soup
vegetables as directed above. Add the veggies, and
let return to a boil.
Reduce heat and let simmer far as many hours you
can spare..2 minimum, the longer the better!
Periodically give the soup a stir.
At the end of desired cooking time, you have
several options:
1) Pour the soup through a strainer for clear
soup.
2) Either put chicken bits back in the soup or
reuse in another dish like chicken salad or chicken
curry.
3) Put the soup veggies in a blender to puree
and add back to the soup for more nutrition and as
a natural thickener.
4) If you have the time, cool the soup,
refrigerate overnight and skim the hardened fat off
the top (much healthier).
5) You can freeze portions of the soup in the
freezer for stock or future soup at this time.
6) For immediate use, add some fresh ground
pepper to taste, (a little salt if you must use
it, but taste first) and serve with rice, noodles,
motzo balls or dumplings
7) Be prepared for the hugs and kisses
Lovingly prepared in the kitchen of Momma
Nightowl
Railbird's Meatballs
He sent me this recipe:
Meat
2-4 eggs
bread crumbs 4C or other seasoned brand or soak hard Italian bread then just squeeze the water out
grated parmisan,romano your choice
oregano
garlic clove chopped or powder optional
parsley, optional
mix by hand
Roll using a little dab of oil so it don't stick to your fingers bake at 350 or so for about 10-15 min. (I think, it's been a long time since I helped Ma make meatballs)
Bon appetite'
The Famous Neiman-Marcus Cookie Hoax..
Has a good cookie recipe though!!!!!
Disclaimer: Folks.. this
is just a story and not truth!!!
The story..
My daughter and I had just finished a salad
at
Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas and decided to have a
small dessert. Because both of us are
such cookie lovers, we decided to try the
"Neiman-Marcus Cookie".
It was so excellent that I asked if they would
give
me the recipe and the waitress said with a small
frown, "I'm afraid not. "Well, I said, would you
let me buy the recipe?" With a cute smile, she said
,"Yes." I asked how much, and she responded, "only
two fifty, it's a great deal!" I said with
approval,
"just add it to my tab."
Thirty days later, I received my VISA
statement
from Neiman-Marcus and it was $285.00. I looked
again
and I remembered I had only spent $9.95 for two
salads and about $20.00 for a scarf. As I glanced
at
the bottom of the statement, it said, "Cookie
Recipe
- $250.00." That's outrageous!!!!!!
I called Neiman's Accounting department. and
told
them the waitress said it was "two-fifty," which
clearly does not mean "two hundred and fifty
Dollars"
by any *POSSIBLE* interpretation of the phrase.
Neiman-Marcus refused to budge.
They would not refund my money, because
according
to them, "What the waitress told you is not our
problem. You have already seen the recipe
we absolutely will not refund your money at this
point."
I explained to her the criminal statutes which
govern
fraud in Texas, I threatened to refer them to the
Better Business Bureau and the State's Attorney
General for engaging in fraud. I was basically
told,
"Do what you want, we don't care, and we're not
refunding your money."
I said, "Okay, you folks got my $250, and now
I'm
going to have $250.00 worth of fun." I told her
that
I was going to see to it that every cookie lover in
the United States with an e-mail account has a
$250.00 cookie recipe from Neiman-Marcus for free.
She replied, "I wish you wouldn't do this." I said,
"Well, you should have thought of that before you
ripped me off and refused to correct this error."
So here it is!!!!!! Please, please, please
(DON'T)pass it on to everyone you can possibly
think
of. I paid $250 Dollars for this recipe. (BOGUS)
The Recipe!!
(Recipe may be halved):
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. soda (club soda)
2 cups sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal**
24 oz. chocolate chips
2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
**Measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a
fine
powder. Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs
and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal,
salt,
baking powder, and soda. Add choclate chips,
Hershey
Bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches
apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375
degrees. Makes 112 cookies.
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